Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-19

propose to swallow all of the San Fran
cisco charter at once. !,
The Navigation Committee reported
back the substitute for SenAts Bill l0o.
and recommended its passage as amend,
ed. The Judiciary Committee reported.
back host of Senate bills, some OF
which were recommended for passage,
and others without recommendation
Notwithstanding the fact that the se;-
sion is drawing to close the bills are
still pouring in. How this Legislature
will ever get through with the amount
of business before it at the present time
is a matter of conjecture. Lleutenant'
Governor Waterman has resumed his
position as the Senate Chairman. He has
been suffering from a severe cold. 1t was
feared by his friends that he would lose
his voice altogether, but he has recovered
entirely. To-day, being Monday, tie
session was q short one, and further than
the regular routine OF business little was
done.
LETTER NO. TWO.
SACRAMENTO, February l5.-The stir
in and around the capitol this norning
was greater than on any other day since
the session commenced. The lobby and
gallery were crowded with men and
women anxious to hear the debate on
the now defunct but once interesting
Clunie Insurance bill. That here was
deep-felt interest there can be no doubt.
A continuous crowd kept up constant
run te.ween the Sergeant-at.Arm's room
and the library. Assemblyman Mann
and his right hand bower, Mr.. Baowell,
were busy and anxious. 1t was some
time before the anxious outsiders could
make up their minds that all the ar
rangements were complete, but they
were soon put to rest when Senator
Clunie came along and told the crowd
in his usual good natured style: swell,
boys, the gig is up. My bill is a goner. "
The Lieutenant.Governor called the
Senate to order promptly at 10 O'Clock
but quorum was not present, and a
recess was taken for five minutes to give
the Senators from San Francisco a
chance to get inside the rail and thus
enable the business of the Senate to pro.
ceed. The first business on the list was
a report from the Committee OH Agri-
culture, who reported back with re-
commodation that it do pass, Assembly
Bill 1873; also Senate Bill 1856. relating
to the destruction of coyotes, which has
taken up the time of the committee for
q number of days and nights, without
recommendation.
There were reports from the Judiciary
Committee and the Contingent Expense
Committee, and q whole bunch of other
xuhsnh tho firna
for an hour. There were few more
bills introduced for the purpose of being
knocked out within the next fifteen days
of this Legislature, which has got to ex-
pire, and now the fun started. The
celebrated bill came up and Senator
Wilson moved to strike out the enact
ing clause, the question being upon the
passage of the bill. Up to IL o'clock
this little passage alarms was carried
on. Clunie was talking and telling the
Senators how he had conceived the idea
of saving the people from the iron grasp
of this monstrous and damnable, com.
bined, accumulated wealth that was
crushing out the life of the poor people
of the State, who were unfortunate
enough to own property and have it iu-
sured, and placed his own condition be-
fore the Senate in such way that
almost any one would have stool in with
him, but the sympathy did no. lie with
him, for bis remarks, during the argu-
ment he made, bore out the fact that ne
knew whereof he spoke. He referred to
the strong end forcible argument that
was being made in the lobby even at the
time that he was endeavoring to cun.
vince the Senate that if this bill did not
pass there would be no hope for the next
two years. He spoke four times on the
question and had other Senators to come
to his rescue, but the argument did not
have the desired effect. 1t was openly
declared in debate that the insurance
had come 10 Sacramento for
the purpose of defeating the bill, with
money, aud many were the sreculations
as to the amount of "tariff disbursed,
some stating that as high as
$4,000 was paid for votes, while
others said that $1,000 was all that
could be obtained. However this may
be, it is fact that the bill was killed
by the following vote:
Ayes - Bowers, Briceland, Byrnes,
Conklin, Crimmins, Dray, Goucher,
Hall, Lenahan. Mccarthy, Mcdonald,
Meany, Murphy, Patterson, Pinder
Spellacy, Steele, sullivan, Vrooman, Wal.
rath, W,lson-2l.
.Noes-Abbott, Boggs, Chandler, Gu.
ME (changed his vote for reconsidera.
tiou), Crandall, Dixon, Gssford, Haynes,
Hinshaw, Langford, McCudden, Moffi,t,
Rose, Roth, White-l5
This consumed the day and put an
end to the so-called "cinch'' Of the ses-
sion. The bill was killed by striking
out the enacting clause.
LETTER NO. THREE.
SACRAMENTO, February 1.-THE peo-
pie Of the State have been treated
to mother days oratory, and moth.
ing to show for the time spent ex
cept the satisfaction of know
ing that they paid 5000 and were
relieved from the puns hment of having
to listen to some of it. In the lower
House the members of that body were
by sudden fear of the ap-
proach of an Australian rabbit that is
supposed to be on an English ship on
her way to this country, but the name
Of the ship am unable to state as it
was not mentioned in this sll.mportant
bill that is being discussed before that
body. Mr.. Knox has fearful dread
that this terrible "bunnie" will ever
reach this coast, as said he, eff this bur.
rowing scourge should ever reach this
coast the farmers of this State have no
idea what the damage will be by this
destructive beast" But Mr.. Briefly,
never having been in Australia, and not
knowing any thing about rabbits gener-
ally, except those that he met in this
country, and being protectionist, was